No Kill No Beep Beep Explained

No Kill No Beep Beep
Type:	studio
Artist:	Q and Not U
Cover:	Q_and_not_u_no_kill_no_beep_beep_cd.JPG
Released:	October 24, 2000
Recorded:	June 2000 at Inner Ear Studios
Genre:	Post-hardcore, post-punk, dance-punk
Length:	38:16
Label:	Dischord^[1]
Producer:	Ian MacKaye, Don Zientara
Year:	2000
Next Title:	Different Damage
Next Year:	2002

No Kill No Beep Beep is the debut album by Q and Not U.^[2] It was released on October 24, 2000.^[3] The album brought a slightly groovier, more dance-oriented sound to the Dischord label.^[4]

Production

It was produced and engineered by Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara. The photography is by Shawn Brackbill.

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that "for all of Q and Not U's competence and energy, No Kill No Beep Beep is so coy and tangential that it ends up in the same place it began."^[5]

Track listing

1. "A Line in the Sand" – 3:05
2. "End the Washington Monument (Blinks) Goodnight" – 2:21
3. "Fever Sleeves" – 2:44
4. "Hooray for Humans" – 3:12
5. "Kiss Distinctly American" – 5:05
6. "We Heart Our Hive" – 4:36
7. "Little Sparkee" – 2:06
8. "The More I Get the More I Want" – 4:07
9. "Y Plus White Girl" – 2:39
10. "Nine Things Everybody Knows" – 4:22
11. "Sleeping the Terror Code" – 5:19

Notes and References

1. Web site: Q And Not U - No Kill No Beep Beep (123). Dischord Records 3819 Beecher St NW. Washington. Dc 20007-1802. U.s.a. 703.351.7507. Dischord Records.
2. Web site: Q And Not U No Kill No Beep Beep. exclaim.ca.
3. Web site: Catching Up With No Kill No Beep Beep, Day 10: Behind The Lens.
4. Web site: DeLorean: Q and Not U - “A Line in the Sand” (2000). Tiny Mix Tapes.
5. Berger . Arion . Recordings; The Dischord Label, Where Sounds Don't Carry Far . The Washington Post . 27 Dec 2000 . C1.